# Importing Logstash configuration from another file
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-logstash-configuration-from-another-file/198056
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [September 4, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-logstash-configuration-from-another-file/198056 "2019-09-04T13:38:37Z")
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### Author:  [@corramatteo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/corramatteo)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-logstash-configuration-from-another-file/198056/1 "2019-09-04T13:38:37Z")
Hi guys,
I was wondering if it is possible to include a Logstash configuration from a file to another one.
And if it is possible, what is the best way?
Below I will make an example about what I want to achieve.
In a configuration file, for example a.conf, I have the following basic configuration.
```auto
input {
syslog {
port => 5514
codec => plain { charset => "ISO-8859-1" }
}
}
filter {
...include b.conf
}
output {
elasticsearch {
hosts => ["https://localhost:9200"]
index => "xxxx_%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
user => "logstash_user"
password => "xxxxx"
}
}
```
In b.conf, I have this code:
```auto
grok {
match => { "message" => "<134>@{%{GREEDYDATA:total_message}}" }
tag_on_failure => ["_grok_nomatch"]
add_tag => ["_grok_success"]
}
kv {
source => "total_message"
field_split_pattern => "; "
tag_on_failure => ["_kv_nomatch"]
add_tag => ["_kv_success"]
}
geoip {
source => "ipAddress"
}
```
So I would like to 'import' the b.conf configuration file in a.conf.
Regards,
Matteo.
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-logstash-configuration-from-another-file/198056/2 "2019-09-04T13:47:54Z")
If you point path.config to a directory then logstash will concatenate all the files in the directory into a single configuration. So you can approximate what you want by having a set of files
```
01input.conf
02b-filters.conf
03output.conf
```
Otherwise use a pre-processor to do includes, e.g. m4.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-logstash-configuration-from-another-file/198056/3 "2019-10-02T13:47:55Z")
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